Cabot Corporation has been designated the winner of Best Overall Innovation and Innovation with Best Environmental Benefit at the tenth annual ICIS Innovation Awards 2013 for its Cabot aerogel technology for use in eco-friendly building and construct…

Clariant recently opened its new €100 million Clariant Innovation Center (CIC) in Frankfurt, Germany. The company’s new global hub for Research & Development (R&D) is based at the “Industriepark Höchst.&rdquo…

Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. has opened its second world-scale biorefinery in Natchez, Mississipp, in order to expand production of its Inherent renewable building blocks in 2016. The decision is based on the successful start-up and operation of…

BASF New Business GmbH has entered into an agreement with the Dutch Technology Foundation (STW), Delft University of Technology and the University of Amsterdam for licenses on the basic patents for magnetocaloric materials of the manganese iron famil…

BASF continues to implement a series of measures within its Performance Products segment to strengthen its competitiveness. As part of its long-term pigment strategy, BASF will enhance customer focus and continue to design differentiated products in…

Sun Chemical launched a new customer-focused global website at www.sunchemical.com that improves functionality and makes it easier for customers to find solutions – including products and services -- that meet their needs.
The new site f…

Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc., a high-growth specialty chemicals company, announced that it has authorized the next significant stage of its second world-scale biorefinery in Natchez, Miss., in order to expand production of its Inherent renewable…

Emerald Kalama Chemical, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, will re-start a second benzoic acid reactor train at its facility in Rotterdam, Netherlands, adding 75,000 metric tons of new capacity for benzoic acid. The added capacity wi…

BASF and Yara are evaluating a possible joint investment into a world scale ammonia plant at the U.S. Gulf Coast. BASF, which has a strong presence in the U.S., is currently a major user of ammonia for its U.S. downstream manufacturing activities and…

BASF, the world's leading chemical company and the global leader in Plastic Additives, has successfully completed the expansion of its antioxidant capacity in Singapore. Irganox 1010 is now produced at BASF’s site along with other antioxida…

PolyOne has begun construction on a new state-of-the-art facility in Pune, India, that will manufacture specialty materials, including solid masterbatch, liquid colorant and additives. The facility will operate development labs and the sales and cust…

Union Process, Inc., known globally as a manufacturer of particle size reduction and dispersing equipment as well as related services for a broad range of research and industrial applications, has produced its first ever Attritor with a telescoping h…

BASF, working in cooperation with TÜV SÜD (a third-party certification body), has developed an innovative mass balance approach for the use of renewable feedstocks in the integrated production. The process is available immediately for many…

Colorcon Inc. and Evonik Industries AG have signed a cooperation agreement for the marketing and technical support of Acryl-EZE, aqueous acrylic enteric system.
Acryl-EZE fully formulated coating systems are produced by Colorcon and contain EUDRAGIT…

The Performance Products division of Huntsman Corporation plans to re-focus its surfactants business in Europe.
The company plans to transition away from a number of surfactant assets and product lines that have commoditized and to focus on de…